FNUS75 KBYZ 111541
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GOOSE VALLEY...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
941 AM MDT THU AUG 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0918 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MONTANA TODAY AND
KEEP THE AIRMASS UNSTABLE OVER WYOMING. EXPECT CLOUDS MOVING
ACROSS THE FIRE THIS MORNING TO PRODUCE A FEW SPRINKLES. A
STRONGER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY AFTER 1600 WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL BE DRIER ON
FRIDAY WITH A WARMING TREND INTO THE WEEKEND. BORSUM

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES THIS MORNING.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN HILLARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110811.GOOSE.01/BYZ